Our Favorite Moments in Cinema: 2023

For those first few months following any calendar year, the film industry is abuzz for what is referred to as awards season. With Hollywood’s biggest night, the Academy Awards ceremony here and gone, we here on the board of the Bay Area Film Society wanted to get in the spirit of the season. While the Oscars aim to celebrate what its voters deem to be the best of the previous year based on technical merit, BAFS board members wanted to share with you those movie-things (be they entire films, specific performances, or cinema-adjacent moments) that were just our plain favorites.

Without further ado, these are the BAFS Board Favorites in Film for 2023:

Our Favorite Moments in Cinema: 2023